James W. Herron Letterbooks

Collection

Identifier: PKY 88.004; 88.006

Scope and Content

This collection contains the letters of James W. Herron from 1856 as well as his engineer's notes from 1848-1852. Most of the letters concern financial affairs and construction materials purchases, but there are a few letters dealing with naval matters.

Dates

Creation: 1848-1856

Creator

Herron, James W., -1856. (Person)

Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical Note

James W. Herron was a civil engineer at the Navy Yard in Pensacola. He died while working on a construction project for the Pensacola naval base on December 1, 1856 (Source: Pensacola Gazette, December 6, 1856). His son James S. Herron, Jr., was a noted Pensacola physician who served as a surgeon in the Confederate army and attended patients during an outbreak of yellow fever at Fort Barrancas.

Extent

0.05 Linear feet (2 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Letters of James W. Herron, a Pensacola resident, from 1856 and an engineer's letterbook from 1848-1852.

Physical Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Related Material

Herron submitted a two page report to the Secretary of the Navy (Feb. 19, 1844 - Serial 433) on the location, plan of construction, and probable cost of constructing a permanent wharf at the Navy Yard on Pensacola Bay. Another Serial set item in 1847 includes an April 1843 report of Herron on the same topic. He also published at least one work in 1841, A Practical Description of Herron's Patent Trellis Railway Structure.